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FOLDING BBDSTBAD.

160.8852668; Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

UNTTED STATES PATENT Ormea.

CHARLES W. PEOBLE, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,568, dated November 16, 1885.

Application filed April 7, 1886. Serial No. 198,105. (No model.)

' T0 all whom it may concern:

Beit known that/I, CHARLES W. PEOBLE, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification..

My invention relates to improvements on that class of folding bedstcads in which are combined a stationary portion and a movable bed-frame hinged thereto by means of a shifting pivot, and provided with weights arranged tocounterbalance the excess of weight at the foot of said bed-frame.

The object of my improvements is to provide a suitable friction device for easing theshock or strain commonly produced when the bed-frame is being turned in either direction, but especial'ly at the terminal point of its movement in 'either direction. This object I attain by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which are herein referred to and form part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a vertical section of the standing frame of my bedstead with the movable bed-frame iu its extended position, shown in side elevation; Fig. 2, a like view with the bed-frame turned up in its closed position, Fig. 3, a rear elevation of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 an enlarged longitudinal section of the hea of the movable bed-frame.

As represented in the drawings, A is the standing frame of the bedstead, which forms the head-board of the bed when in use, and which is provided with side tpieces, a, which extend forward to form a recess, into which the movable bed-frame enters when turned up in the position shown in Fig. 2; B, the movable bed-frame, which is adapted to swing up and down in the standing frame A, and for that purpose is provided at each side with segmental gears b, which engage in gear with the racks a', (shown in dotted lines in Figs. l and 2,) which are fixed at the bottom of pockets, (also indicated by dotted lines in Figs. l and 2,)into which said segmental gears are inserted by removing the detachable blocksr, which are doweled to the side piecesa, to form a flush finish therewith. The segmental gears are of sufiicient curvature to permit the bedframe B to swing through an arc of at least ninety degrees, or so that said bed-frame can be turned from a horizontal position to a vertical one, and it will be seen that by means of the segmental gear and rack the center of motion will be shifted forward by turning the bedframe down into its horizontal position, and rearward by turning said bed-frame into its vertical position.

At the head of the bed-frame B, beyond the center of motion of the segmental gears b, a transverse box or chamber, C, is formed for containing the weights C', for counterbalancing the excess of weight whichmust come at the foot of the bed-frame B, and to render said counter-weights effective when said bed-frame is at or approaching its vertical position the center of gravity of said weights should lie to the rearward of the center of motion of the segmental gears b when the bed-frame is in its vertical position.

set-bolts d, whereby said blocks may be forced outwardly. Said blocks are adapted to bear against the curved friction-plates E, of metal or other suitable material, which are secured to the side pieces, a, of the standing frame, and

which are so arranged as to produce the greatest degree of friction when the bed-frame B is at or'near the termination of its motion in either direction, and to accomplish this purpose the plates E should be made slightly thicker near each end, or so that the faces of said plates should be slightly closer togetherv at the ends than at the intermediate points, and the frictional pressure can be readilyincreased ordiminished, as occasion requires, by turning the set-bolts d out or in to meet the requirements of the case. l Y v Being aware that folding bedsteads have heretofore been made with friction-barsr having one end pivoted to the standing frame, the swinging end of said friction-bars being forced forward by means of a spring, whereby the degree of frictional contact was limited tothe ICO power obtained from said spring, I do not claim E, rigidly seovliredv thereto, of a. movable bedthe use of swinging friction-bars; but frame, B, having frictionb1ocks D, provided W'hat I claim as my invention is with adjustingscrews d, as herein described, x5 1. In a folding bedstead, the combination, the said friction-blocks being adapted to bear l 5 with a standing frame provided with friction- I againstsaid friction-plates through every phaseA plates rigidly secured thereto,of a movable ot' the movement of said bed-frame, as and for bed-frame provided with friction-blocks that the purpose specified.

are adapted to bear against said friction-plates at every phase of the movement of said bed- CHARLES W PEOBLE' 1o frame, as and for the purpose specified. Witnesses:

2. In a folding bedstead, the combination, WM. H. LOW,

with a standin g frame, A, having friction-plates S. B. BREWER. 

